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I Drove a Tuk Tuk into a Conflict Zone

10 min readMar 8, 2024

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Our Three-Legged Donkeys (photo: Tuk South — All images owned by the author)

7 months of wild camping our way through Africa had established a sense of confidence.

Despite the naysayers, our Piaggio three-wheelers had overcome floodplains, salt lakes and volcanic boulders battering their delicate bellies.

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Tuk-tuks in volcano country (photo: Tuk South)

Our group of 4 (Tuk South) had just spent 26 days navigating the plateau of Mount Mulanje and mountain life had changed us; a whole month of cold plunges and exploring, devoid of tobacco and beer.

I don’t think I’ve ever felt better.

You can read about our month on Mulanje here:

One evening on the mountain, we discussed how to take our filmmaking to the next level. A plan was hatched for Robbie and Ivo to fly back to Kenya to acquire an FPV Drone and Canon R6, whilst Jasper and I would drive the two tuk-tuks to Harare, in Zimbabwe.

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Josh Porter
Josh Porter

Written by Josh Porter

Writer, filmmaker, tuk-tuk driver.

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